Musings about design, art and yoga
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| Chhotu took us to a shepherd's village near his house |
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| The mother of the family sat in the cooking hut preparing food |
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| Her child was not far from her side |
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| Grandmother fetched some wood |
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| The sheep were in a enclosure next to the house |
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| Grandmother talk to his a bit through Chhotu |
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| Chhotu told us all three of these girls are married |
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| The showed me their henna |
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| they showed me their anklets and asked us for money |
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| This was a nature mandala I made at Mary Lou's retreat. In the beginning, My mandala was going to be a pretty circle with different colors but as I started to place objects there was a moment when my creativity exploded and I was no longer trying to make a pretty circle I was frenetically creating something that spoke to me. The rocks, leaves and stems told me where they wanted to go here and there and it was all I could do to hold on the whirlwind of energy passing between myself and the mandala. I rode the wave like a surfer in the ocean. I didn't feel any hesisitation or blocks just the energy-elevating and elevating as if making a piece of music where the notes build and build to a dramatic climax. I discovered I had forgotten how freeing creating can be. Being in the zone. The freedom to create without expectation or goals brings out a joyful feeling of bliss and energy. I was completely absorbed in the process I lost all track of space and time. All I was for a bit of time was a pure creative force. |
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| This was a subconscious painting I started with my eyes closed |
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| This is a mandala I designed and painted |
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| This is acrylic on canvas I made for the washerwomen, I wish I knew how to make it better |
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| This is the collage I did about me that later I painted and put in my sketchbook |
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| A tiny watercolor done in Munnar when we were staying at Kavailyam |
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| Another Munar Watercolor |
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| An actor putting on his make up for Kathakali in Munnar |
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| View from the yoga studio in Munnar |
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| Overlooking the yoga studio in Kaivalyam in Munnar |
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| On the backwater in Moolikulam |
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| My own Mandala |
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| Painting at Ajanta caves |
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| My painting of my collage that I made at Moolikulam Shala |
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| Women listening to traditional music at Moolikulam Shala |
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| Washerwomen |
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| Bindu washing |
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| My favorite ladies at Moolikulam |
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| Bindu |
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| Bindu, one of the prettiest women I have ever seen |
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| Bindu and Vasala |
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| Prepatory Sketch of the painting of Vasala and Bindu |
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| our lodging at Chhotaram Prajapat's Homestay |
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| Jain Column at Ellora Caves |
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| Jaislamer, view from the Mystic Hotel rooftop |
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| Mumtah, always working |
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| Buffalo |
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| Lake in Jaislamer |
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| Sunset over the Thar desert |
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| Jaswant Thada in Jodhpur |
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| View from the rooftop of Bristows Haveli |
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| Evening Program in the Thar Desert |
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| From the rooftop in Udaipur |
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| Sixth Sense Restaurant at the Inn at Seventh Heaven, Pushkar |
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| Pushkar Lake seen from the Sunset Cafe |
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| Chittorgarth |
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| Udaipur, Paantya Restaurant |
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| Sunset over the Lake in Udaipur |
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| Painting from my subconscious started with my eyes closed in Kerala at Mary Lou's retreat |
